Archives for August 2012

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), earlier this month, announced major changes to Canadian immigration that will amount to an overhaul of the system currently governing economic-based immigration to Canada. The modifications are scheduled to take effect on January 1st, 2013 and will result in the selection of a different profile of Federal Skilled Workers as well as a distinct program that targets skilled tradespersons. For good measure, it will also be easier for people in Canada on work permits to gain permanent residence.

This well-known proverb concludes with the words “is worth two in the bush” and it means that it is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than the mere potential of a greater one. What is left unsaid is that, more often than not, we don’t ever succeed in getting “the two in the bush”. >>Read more…

International businesses have the option to bring important employees to Canada through the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) program. The ICT program allows qualified employees to be transferred, on a temporary basis, from an international post to a Canadian-based entity. Through this program, both businesses and the Canadian labour market as a whole are able to benefit from the skills and expertise that these transferees bring to the country. [Read more…]

Nurses continue to be in high demand throughout Canada, due to a national shortage of qualified workers. Nowhere is this need for nurses more pronounced than in Quebec. The province, by pursuing economic and immigration-based programs, has situated itself to become Canada’s newest healthcare hotspot – but only if it can find nurses its needs. [Read more…]